URI staying in CAA football

Tuesday

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- The University of Rhode Island is staying in the Colonial Athletic Association for football. Athletics director Thorr Bjorn informed the team at a meeting this morning.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- The University of Rhode Island is staying in the Colonial Athletic Association for football. Athletics director Thorr Bjorn informed the team at a meeting this morning.

This was to be the Rams last season in the CAA, generally accepted as the most competitive conference in the Football Championship Subdivision. The Rams were set to join the Northeast Conference for the 2013 season, mostly to avoid the expense of additional road trips to the southern tier of the CAA as a result of Northeastern and Hofstra dropping football and Old Dominion and Georgia State adding football.

But Old Dominion and Georgia State are moving up to the Football Bowl Subdivision, and Albany and Stony Brook are joining the CAA, which removes the road trip issue. In the wake of those developments, the CAA asked URI to reconsider its decision.

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